Actual aspects of the problem of pedagogical support for gifted adolescents

This paper deals with the problem of providing pedagogical support to gifted students, which is a priority task of modern education. Currently, the problem of supporting students is becoming more and more urgent, and the search for solutions to create the most favorable conditions for the development of gifted students, to promote the development of their personality and the realization of their potential in mass schools continues. The work on the development of the natural potential of a growing child should be carefully built, thoroughly individualized, using optimal methodological tools. The paper presents the result of a theoretical analysis for the definition of the concept of «pedagogical support», and presents the author’s interpretation of the concept of «guidance with pedagogical support» of gifted students. The result of the research presented in the paper is the development of a model of the individual educational route of gifted students as a tool of pedagogical support, as well as the results of testing the model, while monitoring the effectiveness of educational and cognitive activities of schoolchildren in the framework of the experiment. The materials of the paper are of practical value for students of pedagogical institutes and practicing teachers for the organization of individual work in school.